Asia

• 11 March 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Follow the outstanding example of the first disciples!: Pastoral Letter from the Bishop of Hong Kong for Lent Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – “Follow the outstanding example of the first disciples” is the title of the Pastoral Letter from Bishop John Tong of Hong Kong, published at the beginning of Lent in Kong Ko Bao (the dio ...
• 10 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Official recognition of Shahbaz Bhatti by institutions Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Streets that lead to the village of Kushpur, in Punjab, will be named after Shahbaz Bhatti; the President of Pakistan Ali Zardari – by request from the executive, led by Premier Gilani – ha ...
• 10 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistani priests meet the Pope: “From him, words of hope” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We explained to the Pope the situation of Christians in Pakistan, where to witness to the faith can sometimes lead to death. The Holy Father seemed very concerned. He expressed his solidar ...
• 10 March 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop John Tong announces that at Easter 3,400 catechumens will receive the Sacraments of Christian Initiation Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop John Tong of Hong Kong, during the Annual Assembly of the Association of Lay Catholics in Hong Kong announced that “at Easter 3,400 catechumens will be baptised - a noteworthy incre ...
• 10 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Anti-Christian violence in Karnataka: judge informs the Governor Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – The Christians viciously attacked in 2008 are still victims of Hindu militants and police brutality, said Judge Michael Saldanha, now retired, presenting the new Report on anti-Christian vio ...
• 9 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - New wave of anti-Christian violence in Orissa: the nightmare returns for faithful Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) – A new wave of anti-Christian violence has once again plunged the local faithful into terror, local Fides' sources report, alarmed that tribal Christians in the district of Malkangiri, Ori ...
• 9 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Zardari meets with family of Shahbaz Bhatti: his brother Paul close to becoming Minister for Minorities Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Paul Bhatti, the oldest brother of Shabhaz, the Minister for Minorities who was killed on 2 March, seems close to taking his brother's position as the new Federal Minister for Religious Mino ...
• 9 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protest by Pakistanis in Rome: Catholics grateful to the Pope, disassociate from protest Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Groups of Christian Pakistanis in Italy have announced a protest in Rome tomorrow, 10 March, from 3.00 – 5.00 pm, in front of the Embassy of Pakistan to Italy. Some politicians and unionists ha ...
• 8 March 2011
  ASIA - Urgent measures to counter violence against women in Asia Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Violence against women in Asia is a widespread phenomena that affects the whole continent and that the governments must face and counter with urgent measures: So affirms the Asian Human Righ ...
• 8 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi speaks about Minister Bhatti: we need to protect religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Asia Bibi, from her isolation cell in jail in Sheikhupura, Punjab, expresses her “pain and concern for the death of Minister Shahbaz Bhatti”. Her lawyer, seeing her yesterday, reported this ...
• 7 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Candidates to succeed Bhatti: a Catholic favoured Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The seat held by Shahbaz Bhatti in the National Assembly (the Parliament of Pakistan), was officially assigned today by the Electoral Commission to Javed Michael, a Catholic, and member of t ...
• 7 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Lent for Christians in Pakistan: prayer and a “Caravan for Shahbaz” Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Mass and prayer vigils were celebrated in more than 500 churches in Pakistan yesterday, concluding three days of mourning to remember Catholic Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, killed on 2 March in I ...
• 7 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Once again, a cross erected by Christians is pulled down; for the faithful it amounts to “selective demolition” Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – The Christian faithful in the district of “Byculla-Mazagaon”, in Bombay, had just erected a cross when it was demolished by bulldozers a few days ago, at the request of the civil authoritie ...
• 7 March 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The mainland Catholic Chinese community are preparing for their Lenten spiritual path Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – Spiritual retreats and formation courses on marriage and the Christian faith, centred in the Word of God, have distinguished the spiritual and formative path of the mainland Catholic Ch ...
• 5 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops: we ask for Bhatti to be proclaimed “martyr” Multan (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops Conference of Pakistan, which will meet for its General Assembly in Multan, Punjab, from 20 to 25 March, will examine the proposal to formally submit the request to the Hol ...